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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. \u2013\u00a0Continuing an eight-game road trip, the Pacific baseball program goes toe-to-toe against Cal State Bakersfield on Monday at 6:30 p.m. from Hardt Field.<\/p>\n
The Tigers (10-20, 2-7 WCC) face the Roadrunners (13-18, 5-7 BW) for the first of two meetings this season. The two programs will meet again at Klein Family Field on April 28.<\/p>\n
Pacific is 2-3 in midweek contests this season, including a 1-0 mark on the road with that win coming at San Jose State on March 3 by a 11-5 result.<\/p>\n
In that mid-week performance over SJSU, redshirt freshman Liam Smith<\/a> tossed a season-high 6.0 innings with four strikeouts and picked up his first win of the year in the process. The Tigers collected 11 runs on 11 hits, including a home run from redshirt sophomore Robert Orr<\/a>, who currently paces Pacific in average (.295), doubles (8), home runs (5) and slugging percentage (.514).<\/p>\n In the last conference series against Saint Mary’s, junior Levi Sotomayor<\/a> represented as an impact bat in the first two games, combining for 5-for-8 that featured his first home run of his Pacific career.<\/p>\n Cal State Bakersfield is 2-4 in midweek games this year, including most recently a 17-14 win last Monday at UNLV. The Roadrunners enter the contest having lost two of their last three at home to Utah Valley. Kanoa Morisaki leads CSUB in average with a .345 clip, while Elgin Bennett is the home run leader with five big flies.<\/p>\n The Tigers and the Roadrunners have been nearly split (nine wins, 11 losses) in the series history since 2009. In the last road meeting at Hardt Field, Pacific won 11-10, utilizing a key six-run sixth inning to oust their opponent. Senior Jake Tandy<\/a> went 2-for-5 in that contest with a pair of runs. Graduate student Ethan Shaver<\/a> picked up the save in the effort.<\/p>\n The game can be viewed live on ESPN+ with a scheduled 6:30 p.m. first pitch.<\/p>\n